The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-18

it is from eight days TO three weeks before
they can get goods ordered. An effort Is
now being made to have the steamer Geor-
gea run there, instead of stopping at Dray~
ton Island. Last month there were l2,OOO
packages of freight taken UP or left there, a
volume of business that would certainly pay
the steamer
The Fort Meade Pioneer thus graphically
describes the heathfulness of that section Of
the ''best State in the Union: who said
Polk county, Fla, is a sickly country-a
graveyard: Let him read the following,
and take down bis fernando County Land
Agency sign, and come to Homeland
courtin' OF q dozen Homeland young
ladies, including two married women, eight
of them tip the scales as follows: 200, POI,
ms, 1863, 1873, 149, 145, l40 pounds, avoirdu-
pois, while four of them are 50 fat that
they are ashamed to be weighed. When it
is taken into consideration that this is the
puny season of the year in South Florida,
we think the above a good showing for
small village. The Homeland girls are
pretty in proportion to weight, too, young
man."
Jacksonvilles Health Officer, DIR. Ken
worthy, gave instructions to the sanitary
inspectors to go on picket duty about a. m.
Wednesday on each road leading into the
city, and TO halt all dairymep coming in
with milk and obtain from each a certain
quantity which they were bringing into
town to dispose of, so that he could examine
1T and ascertain the relative quality of each
dealers fluid, as per city ordinance. One
| inspector lotered by the wayside and failed
to bring in one drop, but many cans were
| tapped. The doctor tested the milk and
was gratified to state that samples of nearly
all came up to the required standard.
30 per cent. Some went as high as
| 40 per cent. a full report OF
the result of the investigation will be made
at the next meeting of the City Council.
The State Press Association held its an
nual meeting at Fernandina Wednesday
| After hearing addresses, etc, the body of
| quill-drivers adjourned to the beach. The
afternoon session was held at the Strath-
more Hotel, ON the beach, whittier the asso-
citation was taken ON special train. Maj
| George X. Fairbanks was elected President;
F. Z. Harris, Vice PRESIDENT ID. II. Elliott,
Secretary. The following delegates were
elected to attend the National Editorial Con-
ventior at Denver i'll September j. j. Har-
ris, A. O. Wright, John I. Graves, L. G.
Vaughn. The citizens of Fernandina ex-
| tended OVERLOOKING courtesies to the MEM
bers OF the association. Supper was served
at the Strathmore Hotel A ball was given
in the evening in the dancing pavilion, and
| Thursday an excursion was made on the
steamer Seth Low to the jettieS, Dungeness
and st. Mary's.
The meeting at Welaka in the interest of
the Palatka, Welaka and Lake road Mon
day was largely attended. The citizens of
Welaka and its vicinity readily accepted the
proposition of the company, as stated by
| Maj. Fenwick, to grade and tie the road.
| Articles of incorporation have been adopted
| and an election of officers was held
| Wednesday in the Florida Southern railroad
offices at Palatlka. Mr.. Knight, of the
| Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West road, is
| the engineer in charge of the new road. He
will commence the survey of the road Friday,
commencing at the south end and working
east, tieing on to preliminary lines already
run from the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
| West line. His office will be in the Florida
| Southern building at Palatka. The new
| road, which it is expected will be finished
in November, shortens the time TO Tavares
| by an hour and a half, and to Barlow by
four hours. 1t win be standard gauge all
the way, and viii form an important link
between Palatka and the more southerly
towns of the peninsula.
Mr.. u. j. White President of the St.
Johns and Halifax railroad, has determined
| to bring the trains of his road into Palatka,
says the NeiUs, and make that city the ter
minus of that road. To this end a magnih-
cent drawbridge is to be built across the
river from Rolleston, the present terminus,
| to the west shore and across the swamps to
| the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway track, which will be used in coming
into the city We learn that the contract for
| all the piling has been let, and that Mr. t.
| A. Darby, owner of the Devils Elbow mills,
has the contract for furnishing the tim
Der and lumber, and is now at work getting
it out. The bridge will be framed at DEVILS
| Elbow, and the workmen are there now
busily engaged. Col S. B. Carter, one of
Il
will superintend the erection of the bridge,
which is a guarantee that the work will be
well done 1t is rumored that the Office of
| the St. Johns aud Halifax road will be with
| the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
| railway offices until such time as the
Grand union depot is built. 1t is also
rumored that the st. Augustine and Palatka
railway will run mp to RolleSton and cross
| the river on the same bridge, or else con-
struct one for its own use, in order to con-
meet with the Florida Southern road. But
| the bridge at Rolleston is a fact The
| money is IN hand to pay for it, and the men
in charge never do things by halves or
slowly, so by the opening of next seasons
| business the st. Johns and Halifax trains
| will run into Palatka.
| By o'clock on Friday night last between
! 100 and 200 people had assembled at Fort
| Pickens to witness the witness the war dance
1
| A brass band was there, composed of the sol
| diers at Fort Barrancas which afforded
music. About $50 all the Indians were
ready for business First, eight of them sat
on rawhide which had been stretched out
on the grounds about twelve yards from a
large fire which had been lit. Each man had
something to make music u with. One man
had an instrument which resembled a small
| drum. 1t consisted of a small band about
twelve inches highland about five inches in
diameter with piece of bucllslIin stretched
over the top. This Indian also had a piece
! of iron about a foot long bent
into a ring at the end to beat the
instrument with. The rest that
We're seated on the rawhide had small sticks
about three feet long with which they beat
on the hard rawhide, keeping up song all
the time, which seemed to be nothing but
e-er, e-er, Ger, zero over and over, which
afforded music for the three that were exc
cutting the war dance around the fire by a
| series of graceful movements, not unlike a
spirited horse prancing. They would per-
form steps something like our own dancing
Each one of the dancers had a wooden sword
in one hand and small Cross in the other
which were used great deal in their
movements. As they would pass the
'musicians" they would COO like an
owl Two of the three dancers had on
dresses. trimmed gaudily, which reached
TO their knees, and about two yards